He was fishing for sea urchins without authorization. A sports fisherman was caught by the men of the Maritime District Office of Alghero with 250 specimens he had just caught.

The Coast Guard intervened following a report from a private citizen, by sea and by land, intercepting the illegal fisherman who was punished with a fine of one thousand euros .

The sea urchins were thrown back into the sea, in the harbour of Alghero. The offender, in addition to the seizure of the sea urchins and the fine, also the confiscation of the equipment.

The Commander, Lieutenant Biagio Semeraro, assures that in the coming days the activity of contrasting illegal fishing and the illicit commercialization of sea urchins will continue.

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